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UK
/snˈaɪd/
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[ US /ˈsnaɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈsnaɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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expressive of contempt
spoke in a sneering jeering manner
curled his lip in a supercilious smile
makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
How To Use snide In A Sentence
- 8. The reporters all want Obama to make the sort of inaccurate, snide, snipy comments that the Clintons are now firing off daily. Archive 2008-03-01
- She made one or two snide remarks about their house which I thought was a bit unnecessary.
- Whenever I express my penchant for reality television in the circle of snide, knowing, not-as-smart-as-they-think-they-are crosspatches that I'm cursed to call friends, I often do so defensively.
- This year was no exception, with both candidates making rallying speeches to the troops and snide digs at one another.
- But it's no longer permissible to sit on the sidelines making snide comments.
- Now, I'm supposed to be pithy in this column, full of cute and snide comments about my Midwestern family, how they don't get it, how they're getting old and crotchety.
- Some people laugh and throw snide comments at us as they pass. The Sun
- Many of Jay Ward's characters and catchphrases have since morphed into pop-culture shorthand: Dudley Do-Right, the clueless Mountie, is shorthand for anybody who stumbles into a situation overconfident he's doing the right thing; Snidely Whiplash, Do-Right's nemesis, for a scenery-chewing villain; the "Waybac" Machine, Mr. Peabody's time-travel system, for a nostalgia flashback; as well as expressions such as "nothing up my sleeve ... presto!" and JSOnline.com
- It disgusts me that one of the best songwriters of his generation is being treated as the butt of jokes and victim of snide remarks.
- The upper deck rejoined with snide remarks about the purple empire.